I love England. It’s no coincidence it’s the first place I moved to for a more cosmopolitan life, which is the only thing Iceland lacks.
BJORKFormats are just illusions, and it’s about the relationship between the person that makes music and the person that listens to music.
More Bjork Quotes
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Declare independence, don’t let them do that to you!
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The English can be a very critical, unforgiving people, but criticism can be good. And this is a country that loves comedy.
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If you were really good and practiced your violin for a few hours a day for ten years you might be invited to this VIP elite club.
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Every time there’s a new format, the iron is hot, and you can mold it.
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When I was 20, political music was the uncoolest thing on earth. But when Bush got elected, that was the first time I started actually reading the news.
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I’ve always had as many powerful, creative ladies in my life as I have men, and you could probably describe some of those relationships as romantic.
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Maybe that was a strange, personal job between me and myself, to show how overreaching I was being as a woman. The only way I could express that was by comparing it to the universe.
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You get inspired and you can go write one song from that, and then you go back and play a few shows. If I could’ve done that in the 90s, I would have.
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I have written most of my melodies walking and I feel it is definitely one of the most helpful ways of sewing all of the different things in your life together and seeing the whole picture.
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I don’t expect people to get me. That would be quite arrogant. I think there are a lot of people out there in the world that nobody gets.
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I’m not as religious as some people about “the album.” To be honest, that was a product of a format. You had vinyl, and you could fit five songs on each side, and that’s 45 minutes.
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Kids draw masterpieces – they’re the best painters ever. I think the same with music. They could totally write amazing music if they just had the right tools.
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I think every year brings unknowns that you have to deal with and handle, confront and embrace.
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i thrive best hermit style. with a beard and a pipe.
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It seems that most the world is driven by the eye, right? They design cities to look great but they always sound horrible …
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